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  1. cecelia

    Le Puy en Velay in 2 weeks.....Exactly!

    I walked the camino from Le Puy to Santiago in 2013 leaving Le Puy on April 2nd. There was no snow in Le Puy but the paths were very wet. We had about 4 inches of fresh snow on the plateau and the paths up to the plateau and all along were extremely wet - running streams wet - and very muddy...
  2. cecelia

    Le Puy to Santiago - what time of year

    Hi Gumba, In 2013 I started in Le Puy on April 2nd. Until we were over the Aumont Aubrac, the path underfoot was extremely wet and muddy, often with streams running down the path. The weather was chilly but there was a fair amount of sun and we did run into a few inches of fresh overnight snow...
  3. cecelia

    weather in LePuy in April

    I started on April 2nd in 2013. It was VERY wet and muddy underfoot. Up on the Aumont-Aubrac plateau there was about 4 inches of fresh snow which only lasted for about 3 or 4 days. These pictures will give you a hint. It was spectacular though!
  4. cecelia

    Hiking from LePuy in April. Advice needed!

    Hi Mary, Oh good for you. Did you walk the whole trail? I have walked on parts of it but nowhere near enough. Wow - I'm surprised that you have to book so far ahead for the VDLP. That doesn't sound like fun at all. I think that it's the two weeks after Easter that are the busiest. Then it...
  5. cecelia

    Hiking from LePuy in April. Advice needed!

    Hi again Mary from Kamloops! You wouldn't be solo on the Le Puy route in April but for sure there are fewer people and the ability to speak a bit of French is almost essential. The Via de la Plata sounds like a great plan considering all of the things you're looking for! And do keep in touch...
  6. cecelia

    Hiking from LePuy in April. Advice needed!

    Hi Maruska, I'm also from BC. When I go on early caminos like this one, I bring an old fleecy that I won't mind leaving behind when the weather gets hot. In this 2013 camino I made a vest out of some fleecy I had around. It was long and I sewed in some pockets (there are never enough pockets...
  7. cecelia

    Hiking from LePuy in April. Advice needed!

    I also walked in 2013, starting on April 2nd. Definitely encountered snow for two or three days but that was less of a problem than the water and mud. Ub spite of wearing "waterproof" boots, my feet were wet for the first three weeks. Walking through streams was inevitable that year ago early...
  8. cecelia

    Le Puy to St. Jean ...

    Hi lunna, Another option would be to start back at ways and walk the Geneva to Le Puy stretch. I haven't walked that section yet but there are, no doubt, folks on the forum who have.
  9. cecelia

    Reflections on the Le Puy

  10. cecelia

    Weather conditions in March/April - guidence needed

    I walked from Le Puy, starting April 2nd in 2013. I encountered a LOT of mud - sometimes 6" deep or more, paths that were a steady stream of water on hills, 4" of snow at Domane du Sauvage, some of which lasted for a few days, much rain in the first couple of weeks. The pictures were taken...
  11. cecelia

    Geneva - Le Puy - SJPP - Santiago de Compostela - Muxia/Finisterre! Is my schedule reasonable?

  12. cecelia

    Everybody Hates Decazeville

    I didn't sleep in Decazeville but had a good salad there. I think that there may be a couple of reasons why people don't like the town. One is that it's kind of at the bottom of a basin and the open pit mine (3.7 km long, 2.5 km wide, 250 m depth) kind of towers over the town. Another thing that...
  13. cecelia

    Moissac to Condom

    From my perspective, the first day out of Moissac was beautiful but it's flat, treed and paved walking along beside a canal for most of the way. Easy for that reason although I rather walk on almost anything but pavement. It's my one small beef with the Le Puy route - way too much pavement. I...
  14. cecelia

    LIVE from the Camino Worst gîte in France

    Hmm - interesting. I stayed at the municipal gite in that area and it was the only time I had a weird and rather unpleasant experience. There they have volunteers who come and spend a week at a time. The week I stayed it was a wonderful woman who welcomed us, showed us around and cooked a...
  15. cecelia

    First day

    In addition to what everyone else has said, the weather may be a consideration. If it's cold and rainy it can be really slippery which can slow you down (or speed you up I guess depending upon how strong the rain/wind/snow is). Also - my experience with the first few days of a camino is that...
  16. cecelia

    YouTube Video on The Puy Route

    Thanks Guy, It definitely brings back memories!! Beautiful!
  17. cecelia

    Comradery - Le Puy vs. Camino Frances

    Hello travelling Sonn, I was just thinking about this part of your post and want to make this comment in case you are disappointed because this camino is different. My experience is that every camino is different from the previous ones. On my first camino (2003) I really wanted to be solitary...
  18. cecelia

    Comradery - Le Puy vs. Camino Frances

    I found people very friendly, although as Bill just said, English is spoken much less frequently than on the Frances. I met a few native French people who spoke English but for the most part, be prepared to communicate in French. It is France after all:) Even people who didn't speak English...
  19. cecelia

    What would a mid March Le Puy start look like

    Margaret, And thanks to you for your blog which I read carefully before leaving! The snow was truly beautiful to walk in. I was thinking more about a March camino though and remembering that I was watching the weather forecast for the Aumont- Aubrac area during the month of March this year...
  20. cecelia

    What would a mid March Le Puy start look like

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